Trousers



R. S. MORTON Nov. 30, 1965 TROUSERS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Jan. 10, 1964 Nov. 30, 1965 R. s. MORTON 3,220,017

TROUSERS Filed Jan. 10, 1964 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG.3

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L) Jr wwi'w?) 37 MM $447 W United States Patent 3,220,017 TROUSERS Robert Selby Morton, Morton Knight Ltd., 7 Hatfields, London SE. 1, England Filed Jan. 10, 1964, Ser. No. 336,943 Claims priority, application Great Britain, July 26, 1963, 29,840/ 63 11 Claims. (Cl. 2-237) This invention relates to trousers.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a pair of trousers wherein, at the waist region, the trousers conform comfortably and neatly to the shape of the wearer, and in particular to the upper part of the hips of the wearer.

Another object of the invention is to provide trousers which can be mass-produced for the ready-to-wear market whilst avoiding the provision at the waist region of adjustable means, for example belts, button adjustments or adjustments in the form of so-called zip-fasteners.

In accordance with the invention there is provided a pair of trousers comprising: a waist region of said trousers comprising a fabric which is stretchable in a direction parallel to the waist line of said trousers; a supporting band secured throughout its upper and lower edges to the inner side of said waist region and substantially throughout the periphery of the waist of said trousers and said supporting band consisting of a fabric having from one edge to the other elastic properties in a direction parallel to the said Waist line; and a pocket secured to said lower edge of said supporting band, at least that portion of said pocket which is secured to said lower edge being stretchable in a direction parallel to said waist line.

The term trousers used herein is to be understood as including such articles as shorts and ladies slacks.

For a better understanding of the invention and to show how the same may be carried into effect, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a developed view of the interior of the upper portion of a pair of trousers,

FIGURE 2 is a developed view of the exterior of the upper portion of the pair of trousers, and

FIGURE 3 illustrates the cutting of waistbands.

FIGURE 1 shows the interior of the waist region of a tailored pair of trousers in accordance with the invention.

In the embodiment the main part 1 of the trousers is manufactured in the normal manner from a substantially non-stretchable fabric. A waistband 2 (FIGURE 2) is also provided of this fabric but it is so cut from the fabric that it is stretchable in the direction of its length, i.e. in a direction parallel to the waistline of the trousers. To achieve this object, the waistband is cut on the bias, as is illustrated at 3 in FIGURE 2, from fabric having a selvedge 4. Thus, the construction is such that the waistband will readily conform, within the limits of the elastic properties of the specially cut fabric, to the waist of a wearer.

Secured to the waistband, and substantially throughout its length, is an inner band 5 of a fabric having elastic properties, such as a woven batiste of spandex fibre, for example Lycra (Registered Trademark). This fabric is employed in this embodiment as other elastic fabrics tend to deteriorate when cleaned. The inner band 5 is secured to the waistband by stitching with a stretch thread in order that the stretch provided at the waist may not be restricted. This inner band enables the waist of a wearer to be firmly gripped by the trousers.

A back pocket 6, having a mouth 7 parallel with the 3,220,017 Patented Nov. 30, 1965 waistband 2, and side pockets 8 and 9, having mouths, 10 and 11 respectively, substantially at right angles to the waistband 2, are provided as in known trousers.

In this embodiment, however, the pockets each comprise an upper portion 12, of a material having elastic properties, and a lower portion 13, of a normal pocket material. The pockets are secured to the waistband 2 by their upper portions 12 in order that the elasticity provided at the waist by the waistband 2 and the inner band 5 may not be restricted by non-elastic material. If desired, of course, each pocket could be made completely from a material having elastic properties. Securing of the pockets is effected by the stitching 14 securing the inner band 5 to the waistband 2.

As an alternative, the trousers may be partially or completely tailored from a fabric known in the art as stretch fabric. In this case the waistband 2 will be cut across the fabric in the normal manner, as shown at 15 in FIGURE 3, so that the direction of stretch is parallel to the waistline. The fabric may be weft stretch fabric, for example of a worsted nature.

I claim:

1. A pair of trousers comprising: a waist region of said trousers comprising a fabric which is stretchable in a direction parallel to the waistline of said trousers; a supporting band secured throughout its upper and lower edges to the inner side of said waist region and substantially throughout the periphery of the waist of said trousers and said supporting band comprising a fabric having from one edge to the other elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline; and a pocket secured to said lower edge of said supporting band, at least that portion of said pocket which is secured to said lower edge being stretchable in a direction parallel to said waistline.

2. A pair of trousers comprising: a waist region of said trousers comprising a stretch fabric which is stretchable in a direction parallel to the waistline of said trousers; a supporting band secured throughout its upper and lower edges to the inner side of said waist region and substantially throughout the periphery of the waist of said trousers and said supporting band comprising a fabric having from one edge to the other elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline; and a pocket secured to said lower edge of said supporting band, at least that portion of said pocket which is secured to said lower edge being stretchable in a direction parallel to said waistline.

3. A pair of trousers tailored from a stretch fabric and comprising; a waist region of said stretch fabric which is stretchable in a direction parallel to the waistline of said trousers; a supporting band secured throughout its upper and lower edges to the inner side of said waist region and substantially throughout the periphery of the waist of said trousers and said supporting band comprising a fabric having from one edge to the other elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline; and a pocket secured to said lower edge of said supporting band, at least that portion of said packet which is secured to said lower edge being stretchable in a direction parallel to said waistline.

4. A pair of trousers comprising: a waist band of a fabric which is stretachable in a direction parallel to the waistline of said trousers; a supporting band secured throughout its upper and lower edges to the inner surface of said waist band and substantially throughout the periphery of the waist of said trousers and said supporting band comprising a fabric having from one edge to the other elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline; and a pocket secured to said lower edge of said supporting band, at least that portion of said pocket which is secured to said lower edge being stretchable in a direction parallel to said waistline.

5. A pair of trousers in accordance with claim 4, wherein said fabric of said waistband comprises a stretch fabric.

6. A pair of trousers comprising: a waist region of a fabric cut on the bias so as to be stretchable in a direction parallel to the waistline of said trousers; a supporting band secured throughout its upper and lower edges to the inner side of said waist region and substantially throughout the periphery of the waist of said trousers and said supporting band comprising a fabric having from one edge to the other elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline; and a pocket secured to said lower edge of said supporting band, at least that portion of said pocket which is secured to said lower edge being stretchablein a direction parallel to said waistline.

7. A pair of trousers comprising: a waist band of a fabric cut on the bias so as to be stretchable in a direction parallel to the waistline of said trousers; a supporting band secured throughout its upper and lower edges to the inwardly facing surface of said waist band and substantially throughout the periphery of the waist of said trousers and said supporting band comprising a fabric having from one of said edges to the other elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline; and a pocket secured to said lower edge of said supporting band, at least that portion of said pocket which is secured to said lower edge being stretchable in a direction parallel to said waistline.

8. A pair of trousers tailored from a stretch fabric and comprising a waist band of said stretch. fabric con structed so as to be stretchable in a direction parallel to the waistline of said trousers; a supporting band secured at its upper and lower edges to the inwardly facing surface of said waist band and substantially throughout the periphery of the waist of said trousers and said supporting band comprising a fabric having from one of said edges to the other elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline; and a plurality of pockets each of which is secured at said lower edge of said supporting band, at least that portion of each of said pockets which is secured at said lower edge comprising a fabric having elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline.

9. A pair of trousers comprising: a waist band of a fabric which is stretchable in a direction parallel to the waistline of said trousers; a supporting band secured at its upper and lower edges to the inwardly facing surface of said waistband by stretch thread and substantially through the periphery of the waist of said trousers and said supporting band comprising a fabric having from one of said edges to the other elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline; and a plurality of pockets each of which is secured at said loweredge of said supporting band, at least that portion of each of said pockets which is secured at said lower edge comprising a fabric having elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline.

10. A pair of trousers tailoredfrom a stretch fabric and comprising: a waist band of said stretch fabric and constructed so as to be stretchable in a direction parallel to the waistline of said trousers; an inner supporting band; having from its upper to its lower edge elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline, secured to said upper and loweredges to the inwardly facing surface of said waist band by stretch thread sub stantially throughout the periphery of the waist of said trousers; and a plurality of pockets, each of which is secured to saidlower edges of said supporting band by said stretch thread and each of which consists of a fabric having elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline.

11. A pair of trousers comprising: a waist band of a fabric cut on the bias so as to be stretchable in a direction parallel to the waistline of said trousers; an inner supporting band, having from its upper to its lower edge elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline, secured at said upper and lower edges to the inwardly facing surface of said waist band by stretch thread substantially throughout the periphery of the waist of said trousers; and a plurality of pockets each of which. is secured to said lower edge of said supporting band by stretch thread and at least that portion of each of which pockets which is secured at said lower edge consisting of a fabric having elastic properties in a direction parallel to said waistline.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 472,273 4/1892 Rupprecht 2-237 1,149,271 8/1915 Lazarus 2237 2,106,334 1/1938 Adamson 2-237 2,996,723 8/ 1961 Ainslie 2127 ROBERT V. SLOAN, Primary Examiner. 

1. A PAIR OF TROUSERS COMPRISING: A WAIST REGION OF SAID TROUSERS COMPRISING A FABRIC WHICH IS STRETCHABLE IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE WAISTLINE OF SAID TROUSERS; A SUPPORTING BAND SECURED THROUGHOUT ITS UPPER AND LOWER EDGES TO THE INNER SIDE OF SAID WAIST REGION AND SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE PERIPHERY OF THE WAIST OF SAID TROUSERS AND SAID SUPPORTING BAND COMPRISING A FABRIC HAVING FROM ONE EDGE TO THE OTHER ELASTIC PROPERTIES IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO SAID WAISTLINE; AND A POCKET SECURED TO SAID LOWER EDGE OF SAID SUPPORTING BAND, AT LEAST THAT PORTION OF SAID POCKET WHICH IS SECURED TO SAID LOWER EDGE BEING STRETCHABLE IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO SAID WAISTLINE. 